When I find an error it’s only polite to correct it….we went back to the Hobgoblin in Sannomiya last weekend and discovered to my shock (at having told a porkie on this blog) and delight (at being able to now afford it), that the Sunday Roast is actually only ￥1400 (about £7)!. The ￥4000 version is for a party booking and includes all you can drink for 2 hours (which in fact is quite a bargain).
Apologies all round to the Hobgoblin Pub.

Haven’t tried the roast yet, but will let you know.

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1. My Birthday

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Post tags: Drinking in Japan, Gaijin bars, Hobgoblin, Kobe, Sannomiya

Wow, it’s been ages since I blogged anything, never have time to get online these days.

Last month (for ’tis now September!) was my birthday and a splendid time was had by all (well mainly me, as Aki just got to watch me drink 11 beers in 2 hours in a beer garden on top of a department store in Kobe).
Still, I’m sure that was fun for her.

Kobe

After the garden we went to the recently opened Hobgoblin pub in Kobe the first one to be opened in Kansai (there are 2 in Tokyo). For those that don’t know the Hobgoblin chain is run by Wychwood breweries in England, and one of them was in fact my local in my hometown, and many an hour was spent in it’s confines over the, wow, 17years I’ve been going there.

A lot of “English” or “Irish” pubs in Japan are run by Japanese people/companies, and bear little resemblance to the real thing, so I was very pleased to see that it did actually look and even feel a bit like an actual pub. It’s run by an English guy called Simon so that helps. They had Magners, Speckled Hen and even Pork
Scratchings! Splendid.

We didn’t eat there, but the menu contained fish and chips (and unlike in the Hub – another english pub here, actually looked like fish and chips), full english breakfast!!! and on Sundays for 4000Y (about 20quid) you can get a full english traditional roast! Yes, I did say, 20 quid – almost London prices huh? We’re saving up for that special treat. Apologies to Hobgoblin, went back the other day, and there was a mis-reading – the Roast is actually only 1400Yen (about 7 quid). The 4000Y menu was for a “party”. Oops. Will be going back much sooner to try it out
Things were starting to get blurry and I was starting to buy things like pork scratchings in a wave of nostalgia, so we headed back to our favourite wine bar (Petit Emilion) for some birthday cake.

Birthday Cake 2008

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Just last week, I had a birthday. In fact I kinda had 2. Me missus was working on the actual day, so I hung out with some friends then, and the next day, had a 2nd birthday with my lady.

First day was a 3hour karaoke extravaganza. In Japan they have this thing called “nomihodai“, which means “drink as much as you want” for a couple of hours for about a tenner. This sounded like a top idea, however, the Japanese don’t seem to understand about drinking during the day, so it’s soft drinks until 7pm! (We started after my work, about 3.30).

So we chipped off, bought a bottle of sake and smuggled it in. Glad I was too drunk to hear myself sing, as got a feeling it was pretty bad.

My tattooable friend was there (having just had another session), so here’s some pics.

Japanese Tattoo

Tattoo

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